Salehi-Vaziri M, Arashkia A, Mostafavi E, Jalali T, Hassan Pouriayevali M, Fazlalipour M, Shoja Z, Rohani M, Esmaeili S, Fotouhi-Chahooki F, Baesi K, Maleki A, Dawood Mousavi Nasab S, Ahmadi Z, Mohammadi T, Azad-nManjiri S, Sadegh Shams Nosrati M, Tavakoli M, Fereydouni Z, Khakifirouz S, Mirab Samiee S, Biglari A, Azadmanesh K. How Iran responded to expanding need for laboratory services for COVID-19?
Health Policy Technol 2021;
10:100506. [PMID:
33880324 DOI:
10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.100506]
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Abstract
After the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in early 2020 in Iran, the rapid response team of Pasteur Institute of Iran was the first lab starting detection and report of suspected human samples. This article is a short summery of all actions from the preparedness for detecting the first cases of COVID-19, expanding the nationwide laboratory service, choosing the suitable laboratory tests and other challenges in laboratory detection during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Iran.
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